Celtic Football Club Quotes

The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007/08 season, and the Scottish Cup 34 times.

The important thing was not to give anything away and if you nick another goal, brilliant. They created some decent chances and that was down to a wee lack of cohesion between the back four and the midfield, we sorted that out at half-time, the players took that on board and I was pleased. We need to start the game well next week and not make the same mistakes we made in Braga. We’ve got quality, energy, pace and we’re starting to keep clean sheets. There’s far more to come from this squad but at the minute it’s a work in progress.

— Neil Lennon saying the players in his side are yet to gel / August 19, 2010

There were bits and pieces where you could see there was still understanding to come. I thought the midfield three got stronger and stronger as the game went on and I was pleased for Sammy to get his goal. I was more comfortable second half than I was first half, we were sloppy in possession in the second half but the shape of the team was a lot better. They had one [cleared] off the line but I always thought we were dangerous going forward and we were quite happy for them to have the ball in their own half. If they want to play there at 2-0 down, that’s fine by me.

— Neil Lennon saying the players in his side are yet to gel / August 19, 2010

It’s very important to keep a clean sheet and it’s a good result for us. It was a good game actually, I enjoyed it. Some really good performances and I felt we were capable of scoring goals tonight. Overall I’m very pleased but we’ve still got a lot of work to do over the 90 minutes, [but] to take a 2-0 lead to Holland is very satisfying.

— Neil Lennon is happy winning 2-0 in Europa League qualifier first leg victory over Utrecht / August 19, 2010

I'm not frustrated at all. It happens sometimes and we have other options in the pipeline. For Campbell, we got [Daniel] Majstorovic. For Bullard, we got [Joe] Ledley. I would have been really pleased to get Craig in but it wasn't to be so I'm disappointed and frustrated but we move on. That's the sort of quality that I want to bring to the club. We have done that in previous years and we are not going to stop. I'm always looking to improve the team and those players fall into that category. We have identified one or two players and if we can bring them in, great. If not, we've got decent players here already.

— Neil Lennon is not frustrated on missing out some players so far this season / August 18, 2010

I'm disappointed because we were right in the hunt until the very last minute. He had his reasons for going to Cardiff and he made that clear. That's where his family is and he has been away from his family for quite a while. He's got a young family as well and would have had to take all of that into consideration. We were well in there for a long while.